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Evaluation of Housing First Initiative for Chicago Homeless With Chronic Medical Illness

NCT00490581 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 407

Last updated 2023-07-12

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Summary

The study hypothesizes that early housing after hospitalization with case management integrated into the health and housing systems, will results in decreased use of costly health services (i.e., hospitalizations and Emergency Room visits) with no negative affect on health. To address this hypothesis the investigators implemented a Randomized controlled trial of 407 homeless adults with chronic medical illness in Chicago. Eligible homeless adults were enrolled during a hospitalization to intervention - Early housing with case management - or usual care - usual case management and housing options. The investigators followed the sample for 18 months with assessments at baseline, 1,3,6,9,12 and 18 months are enrollment. Study measures include Quality of Life, Health service use, Alcohol and Substance Use, housing and social and demographic characteristics.

Conditions

  • Unstable Housing

Interventions

OTHER

case management and supportive housing

patients randomized to the study group are offerred respite care/interim housing and case management upon discharge from enrolling hospitalization. They are also offerred stable housing within 90 days of enrolling hospital discharge, with case management at all 3 stages - hospital, respite care/interim housing, and stable housing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research and Education Foundation of Michael Reese Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cook County Health

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • laura s sadowski, md, mph · Collaborative Research Unit, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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